USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

published:02 Feb 2017

views:662

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
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- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
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The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

West Indian Americans

West Indian Americans or Caribbean Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to the Caribbean. About 2,532,380 Americans— 0.83% of the total population—reported Caribbean ancestry in 2008.

The Caribbean is the source of the U.S.’ earliest and largest Black immigrant group and the primary source of growth of the Black population in the U.S. The region has exported more of its people than any other region of the world since the abolition of slavery in 1834. While the largest Caribbean immigrant sources to the U.S. are Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, U.S. citizen migrants also come from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Caribbean immigration to the United States

17th to mid-19th century

The history of African-Caribbean immigration in the United States can be traced back to slavery when the British colonies in the Americas shifted enslaved Africans to different territories, as the demands of capital and plantation economy dictated.

First Africans from the West Indies who arrived in the United States were slaves brought to South Carolina in the 17th century. These slaves, many of whom were born in Africa, number among the first people of African origin imported to the British colonies of North America. Over time, Barbadian slaves would make up a significant part of the Black population in Virginia, mainly in the Virginia tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay. The number of enslaved Africans bought from the Caribbean increased in the 18th century, as the continental U.S. broadened its trade relations with other Caribbean islands.

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans (citizens or residents of the United States) with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. The term may also be used to include only those individuals who are descended from enslaved Africans. As a compound adjective the term is usually hyphenated as African-American.

Caribbean American Heritage Month | EPISODE 1

5:54

Caribbean American Heritage Month

Caribbean American Heritage Month

Caribbean American Heritage Month

USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

2:51

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

6:36

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black community between those who are of Caribbean descent and of American lineage. Are Caribbean PeopleRight When they say Americans are LAZY?
Many who have migrated to the shores of the United States of America have shared these same thoughts when striving to improve the quality of their life through hard work.
While many who were born and raised in America will never know how much of a fight it can be sometimes to even make it through the grueling immigration process to finally get here, the general feeling is that most do not understand how many opportunities are here and take for granted the things here that are so freely given away.
So when
you have a naturalized individual who arrives here to America with all of the enthusiasm to achieve a new life with absolutely no limits, you also may have an individual who appears to them to not have enough fire in their belly and is content to sit back and take the easy route for the most part. The worst of which will settle for doing nothing with their lives as they settle for what they can get from a small welfare check.
So now with the difference in mentalities diametrically opposed to one another, the friction between them will erupt on jobs, churches and many places where there is a regular contact which will place a wedge between them as the American born person will feel that this foreigner is trying to make all of the money and take all of the jobs while that so called "foreigner" will think the least of them for not taking their lives into their own hands as they complain their day away.
This for many years specifically has been an issue between those Blacks who have migrated from the various islands of the Caribbean and those who classify themselves as African American. Now, if the truth be told, if you were to survey many people who broadly fall into these two categories you will probably receive many different responses because you also have those African Americans like myself who have parents or a parent of Caribbean descent but were born here yet understand both mindsets and mentalities.
Granted, being born in the Caribbean does not mean that one possesses an overwhelming zeal to succeed because the fact of the matter is that many ambitious immigrants from the islands will tell you of the multitudes of lazy people that they left behind "back home."
When you see the first people in a family who has crossed the shores to claim America as their home, you are viewing the most ambitious of their clan because it takes so much fire in the belly to make such a drastic change and go through the culture shock that be crippling to say the least. After that first wave of enthused immigrants arrive it is then that the riff raff will follow after a way has been made initially by those who were more disciplined and responsible.
So when you see the ever growing Caribbean communities thrive shortly after the first have come, shortly afterward you will see the crime there grow to nuisance proportions because of that no good lazy drunk Uncle or that fast club hopping irresponsible Sister who got a free pass to come here because of the hard work and sweat of her sibling.
On the other hand you have hard working ambitious African Americans who would sincerely be insulted at the hint of their being classified as a lazy person. Yes, we have challenges here in the African American community when it comes to crime, unemployment, drugs, incarceration and climbing illiteracy rates, but we still have an overwhelming amount of law abiding, deceit, ambitious stellar pillars of society and fine examples of what a model citizen should be.
So I've said ALL of this to ask you one thing, how much credibility or validity does the show topic's title have?
Is there any truth to it?
Should we be asking it in the first place?
Is focusing on it really a distraction to divide us ultimately?
Or should we dialogue on these perceptions and do away with these negative stigmas right away so that they don't linger on and cause major problems down the road for a unified community that will suffer together under racism as we are all one nation in the human family?
Tune in no matter WHO you are and let us bring these perceptions to a head and deal with the raw truth!
Click Here (http://bit.ly/LazyAmericans) to attend this program!
http://www.LanceScurv.com
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Jennifer Holliday: Is She Wrong To Perform At Donald Trump's Inauguration? - The LanceScurv Show"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED2WdLBu48Y
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

Islam and the Caribbean American Muslim Pt 1 of 2

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

Caribbean American Heritage Month | EPISODE 1

published: 01 Jun 2017

Caribbean American Heritage Month

USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

published: 02 Feb 2017

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Caribbean American & African American women speak what they Like about Black Men

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

published: 16 Jun 2017

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black community between those who are of Caribbean descent and of American lineage. Are Caribbean PeopleRight When they say Americans are LAZY?
Many who have migrated to the shores of the United States of America have shared these same thoughts when striving to improve the quality of their life through hard work.
While many who were born and raised in America will never know how much of a fight it can be sometimes to even make it through the grueling immigration process to finally get here, the general feeling is that most do not understand how many opportunities are here and take for granted the things here that are so freely given away.
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USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members ...

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black comm...

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black community between those who are of Caribbean descent and of American lineage. Are Caribbean PeopleRight When they say Americans are LAZY?
Many who have migrated to the shores of the United States of America have shared these same thoughts when striving to improve the quality of their life through hard work.
While many who were born and raised in America will never know how much of a fight it can be sometimes to even make it through the grueling immigration process to finally get here, the general feeling is that most do not understand how many opportunities are here and take for granted the things here that are so freely given away.
So when
you have a naturalized individual who arrives here to America with all of the enthusiasm to achieve a new life with absolutely no limits, you also may have an individual who appears to them to not have enough fire in their belly and is content to sit back and take the easy route for the most part. The worst of which will settle for doing nothing with their lives as they settle for what they can get from a small welfare check.
So now with the difference in mentalities diametrically opposed to one another, the friction between them will erupt on jobs, churches and many places where there is a regular contact which will place a wedge between them as the American born person will feel that this foreigner is trying to make all of the money and take all of the jobs while that so called "foreigner" will think the least of them for not taking their lives into their own hands as they complain their day away.
This for many years specifically has been an issue between those Blacks who have migrated from the various islands of the Caribbean and those who classify themselves as African American. Now, if the truth be told, if you were to survey many people who broadly fall into these two categories you will probably receive many different responses because you also have those African Americans like myself who have parents or a parent of Caribbean descent but were born here yet understand both mindsets and mentalities.
Granted, being born in the Caribbean does not mean that one possesses an overwhelming zeal to succeed because the fact of the matter is that many ambitious immigrants from the islands will tell you of the multitudes of lazy people that they left behind "back home."
When you see the first people in a family who has crossed the shores to claim America as their home, you are viewing the most ambitious of their clan because it takes so much fire in the belly to make such a drastic change and go through the culture shock that be crippling to say the least. After that first wave of enthused immigrants arrive it is then that the riff raff will follow after a way has been made initially by those who were more disciplined and responsible.
So when you see the ever growing Caribbean communities thrive shortly after the first have come, shortly afterward you will see the crime there grow to nuisance proportions because of that no good lazy drunk Uncle or that fast club hopping irresponsible Sister who got a free pass to come here because of the hard work and sweat of her sibling.
On the other hand you have hard working ambitious African Americans who would sincerely be insulted at the hint of their being classified as a lazy person. Yes, we have challenges here in the African American community when it comes to crime, unemployment, drugs, incarceration and climbing illiteracy rates, but we still have an overwhelming amount of law abiding, deceit, ambitious stellar pillars of society and fine examples of what a model citizen should be.
So I've said ALL of this to ask you one thing, how much credibility or validity does the show topic's title have?
Is there any truth to it?
Should we be asking it in the first place?
Is focusing on it really a distraction to divide us ultimately?
Or should we dialogue on these perceptions and do away with these negative stigmas right away so that they don't linger on and cause major problems down the road for a unified community that will suffer together under racism as we are all one nation in the human family?
Tune in no matter WHO you are and let us bring these perceptions to a head and deal with the raw truth!
Click Here (http://bit.ly/LazyAmericans) to attend this program!
http://www.LanceScurv.com
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Jennifer Holliday: Is She Wrong To Perform At Donald Trump's Inauguration? - The LanceScurv Show"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED2WdLBu48Y
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black community between those who are of Caribbean descent and of American lineage. Are Caribbean PeopleRight When they say Americans are LAZY?
Many who have migrated to the shores of the United States of America have shared these same thoughts when striving to improve the quality of their life through hard work.
While many who were born and raised in America will never know how much of a fight it can be sometimes to even make it through the grueling immigration process to finally get here, the general feeling is that most do not understand how many opportunities are here and take for granted the things here that are so freely given away.
So when
you have a naturalized individual who arrives here to America with all of the enthusiasm to achieve a new life with absolutely no limits, you also may have an individual who appears to them to not have enough fire in their belly and is content to sit back and take the easy route for the most part. The worst of which will settle for doing nothing with their lives as they settle for what they can get from a small welfare check.
So now with the difference in mentalities diametrically opposed to one another, the friction between them will erupt on jobs, churches and many places where there is a regular contact which will place a wedge between them as the American born person will feel that this foreigner is trying to make all of the money and take all of the jobs while that so called "foreigner" will think the least of them for not taking their lives into their own hands as they complain their day away.
This for many years specifically has been an issue between those Blacks who have migrated from the various islands of the Caribbean and those who classify themselves as African American. Now, if the truth be told, if you were to survey many people who broadly fall into these two categories you will probably receive many different responses because you also have those African Americans like myself who have parents or a parent of Caribbean descent but were born here yet understand both mindsets and mentalities.
Granted, being born in the Caribbean does not mean that one possesses an overwhelming zeal to succeed because the fact of the matter is that many ambitious immigrants from the islands will tell you of the multitudes of lazy people that they left behind "back home."
When you see the first people in a family who has crossed the shores to claim America as their home, you are viewing the most ambitious of their clan because it takes so much fire in the belly to make such a drastic change and go through the culture shock that be crippling to say the least. After that first wave of enthused immigrants arrive it is then that the riff raff will follow after a way has been made initially by those who were more disciplined and responsible.
So when you see the ever growing Caribbean communities thrive shortly after the first have come, shortly afterward you will see the crime there grow to nuisance proportions because of that no good lazy drunk Uncle or that fast club hopping irresponsible Sister who got a free pass to come here because of the hard work and sweat of her sibling.
On the other hand you have hard working ambitious African Americans who would sincerely be insulted at the hint of their being classified as a lazy person. Yes, we have challenges here in the African American community when it comes to crime, unemployment, drugs, incarceration and climbing illiteracy rates, but we still have an overwhelming amount of law abiding, deceit, ambitious stellar pillars of society and fine examples of what a model citizen should be.
So I've said ALL of this to ask you one thing, how much credibility or validity does the show topic's title have?
Is there any truth to it?
Should we be asking it in the first place?
Is focusing on it really a distraction to divide us ultimately?
Or should we dialogue on these perceptions and do away with these negative stigmas right away so that they don't linger on and cause major problems down the road for a unified community that will suffer together under racism as we are all one nation in the human family?
Tune in no matter WHO you are and let us bring these perceptions to a head and deal with the raw truth!
Click Here (http://bit.ly/LazyAmericans) to attend this program!
http://www.LanceScurv.com
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
Please watch: "Jennifer Holliday: Is She Wrong To Perform At Donald Trump's Inauguration? - The LanceScurv Show"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED2WdLBu48Y
-~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

published: 02 Feb 2017

The Impact of Caribbean Culture on America

This event focuses on celebrating the artistry, heritage, and history centered around the Caribbean.

Islam and the Caribbean American Muslim Pt 2 of 2

In the Caribbean, Muslims continue to experience life as minorities. Christian missionaries continue to try to convert Muslims—though there is also increasing evidence that Muslims are trying to convert Christians. In 2002, reports in local newspapers asserted that of the few conversions that take place, most are from Christianity to Islam.
The history of Muslims in Mexico is difficult to trace. Spanish conquistadors from both Cuba and Spain came to pillage Mexico’s resources in the early 1500s. The indigenous population was subdued and forcibly converted to Catholicism during this time. Many in the native population died as a result of the importation of European diseases and from starvation, as Europeans devastated the farming land and depleted water resources. Mexicans themselves regai...

published: 09 Jun 2015

Haitians - Jamaicans - West Indians - the entire Caribbean- All of the Americas

The time is now to unite or continue to allow these immigrants to control us and call us disrespectful names in our own home..Support the gofundme
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-protections-immigrants-apos-220242865.htmlhttp://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/bartolome-de-las-casas-describes-the-exploitation-of-indigenous-peoples-1542/
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An Empire Divided: Revolution and the British Caribbean

There were 26, not 13 colonies in British America at the time of the American Revolution. Many of these colonies were in the Caribbean and did not rebel. Why? Great Britain relied heavily on this region for its sugar imports, which generated great wealth for a few Caribbean planters. Unlike the North American colonists, these planters wanted the presence of Royal soldiers among them. They feared rebellion from their enslaved people, who greatly outnumbered them, and relied on the troops for protection. This economically valuable region influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War as the British shifted naval vessels and troops to the Caribbean to defend these sugar-producing islands against possible attack by the French naval fleet.

Hip Hop DNA: Breaking Down The Caribbean's Impact On The Culture

The often under-reported story of how important the Caribbeans are to Hip Hop music, the creation of the genre and where today's culture would be without the influence.
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The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members ...

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

In the Caribbean, Muslims continue to experience life as minorities. Christian missionaries continue to try to convert Muslims—though there is also increasing evidence that Muslims are trying to convert Christians. In 2002, reports in local newspapers asserted that of the few conversions that take place, most are from Christianity to Islam.
The history of Muslims in Mexico is difficult to trace. Spanish conquistadors from both Cuba and Spain came to pillage Mexico’s resources in the early 1500s. The indigenous population was subdued and forcibly converted to Catholicism during this time. Many in the native population died as a result of the importation of European diseases and from starvation, as Europeans devastated the farming land and depleted water resources. Mexicans themselves regained control only in the 1900s.
Historians are divided over when Islam came to Mexico and who brought it. Some claim it was introduced by Syrian immigrants, whereas others point to Turkish immigrants. One recent (2002) study estimated that 10 percent of the Syrian-Lebanese immigrant community were Muslim. Today this community is one of the richest and contains more than 250,000 people. The history of Islam in Mexico is largely undocumented, with the exception of a sixteenthcentury book called Un Herehe y un Musulman. Written by Pascual Almazan, this recounts the exploits of Yusuf bin Alabaz, who came to Mexico after expulsion during the Reconquista in Spain. Today, Islam is a recognized entity following the establishment of the Muslim Center de Mexico in 1994 in MexicoCity. There are also centers in Monterrey, Torrion, Guadalajara, and San Cristobal de las Casa.
Islam in Cuba has not been documented before the twentieth century. At the start of the twenty-first century, Muslims in Cuba continue to pray at home because there is no mosque where they can freely congregate. There is an ArabHouse built by a wealthy Arab in the 1940s, which houses an Arabic museum, a restaurant, and a prayer space for diplomats. Monies are currently being solicited for the building of a mosque. In the late twentieth century, a representative of the Muslim World League making his own solicitations on behalf of Cuban Muslims referred to the example of a small town, Pilaya de Rosacio, which has a Muslim population of 40 percent.

In the Caribbean, Muslims continue to experience life as minorities. Christian missionaries continue to try to convert Muslims—though there is also increasing evidence that Muslims are trying to convert Christians. In 2002, reports in local newspapers asserted that of the few conversions that take place, most are from Christianity to Islam.
The history of Muslims in Mexico is difficult to trace. Spanish conquistadors from both Cuba and Spain came to pillage Mexico’s resources in the early 1500s. The indigenous population was subdued and forcibly converted to Catholicism during this time. Many in the native population died as a result of the importation of European diseases and from starvation, as Europeans devastated the farming land and depleted water resources. Mexicans themselves regained control only in the 1900s.
Historians are divided over when Islam came to Mexico and who brought it. Some claim it was introduced by Syrian immigrants, whereas others point to Turkish immigrants. One recent (2002) study estimated that 10 percent of the Syrian-Lebanese immigrant community were Muslim. Today this community is one of the richest and contains more than 250,000 people. The history of Islam in Mexico is largely undocumented, with the exception of a sixteenthcentury book called Un Herehe y un Musulman. Written by Pascual Almazan, this recounts the exploits of Yusuf bin Alabaz, who came to Mexico after expulsion during the Reconquista in Spain. Today, Islam is a recognized entity following the establishment of the Muslim Center de Mexico in 1994 in MexicoCity. There are also centers in Monterrey, Torrion, Guadalajara, and San Cristobal de las Casa.
Islam in Cuba has not been documented before the twentieth century. At the start of the twenty-first century, Muslims in Cuba continue to pray at home because there is no mosque where they can freely congregate. There is an ArabHouse built by a wealthy Arab in the 1940s, which houses an Arabic museum, a restaurant, and a prayer space for diplomats. Monies are currently being solicited for the building of a mosque. In the late twentieth century, a representative of the Muslim World League making his own solicitations on behalf of Cuban Muslims referred to the example of a small town, Pilaya de Rosacio, which has a Muslim population of 40 percent.

Haitians - Jamaicans - West Indians - the entire Caribbean- All of the Americas

The time is now to unite or continue to allow these immigrants to control us and call us disrespectful names in our own home..Support the gofundme
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The time is now to unite or continue to allow these immigrants to control us and call us disrespectful names in our own home..Support the gofundme
https://www.gofundme.com/givingbacktothepeople
Our Nation's site www.autochthonapn.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-protections-immigrants-apos-220242865.htmlhttp://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/bartolome-de-las-casas-describes-the-exploitation-of-indigenous-peoples-1542/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
https://www.autochthonapn.com/uploads/1/1/0/7/110765783/native_americans.pdf
https://www.autochthonapn.com/uploads/1/1/0/7/110765783/sketcheshistory00buchgoogmanners.pdf

The time is now to unite or continue to allow these immigrants to control us and call us disrespectful names in our own home..Support the gofundme
https://www.gofundme.com/givingbacktothepeople
Our Nation's site www.autochthonapn.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_the_Sun
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-protections-immigrants-apos-220242865.htmlhttp://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-new-world/bartolome-de-las-casas-describes-the-exploitation-of-indigenous-peoples-1542/
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
https://www.autochthonapn.com/uploads/1/1/0/7/110765783/native_americans.pdf
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There were 26, not 13 colonies in British America at the time of the American Revolution. Many of these colonies were in the Caribbean and did not rebel. Why? Great Britain relied heavily on this region for its sugar imports, which generated great wealth for a few Caribbean planters. Unlike the North American colonists, these planters wanted the presence of Royal soldiers among them. They feared rebellion from their enslaved people, who greatly outnumbered them, and relied on the troops for protection. This economically valuable region influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War as the British shifted naval vessels and troops to the Caribbean to defend these sugar-producing islands against possible attack by the French naval fleet.

There were 26, not 13 colonies in British America at the time of the American Revolution. Many of these colonies were in the Caribbean and did not rebel. Why? Great Britain relied heavily on this region for its sugar imports, which generated great wealth for a few Caribbean planters. Unlike the North American colonists, these planters wanted the presence of Royal soldiers among them. They feared rebellion from their enslaved people, who greatly outnumbered them, and relied on the troops for protection. This economically valuable region influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War as the British shifted naval vessels and troops to the Caribbean to defend these sugar-producing islands against possible attack by the French naval fleet.

The often under-reported story of how important the Caribbeans are to Hip Hop music, the creation of the genre and where today's culture would be without the influence.
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The often under-reported story of how important the Caribbeans are to Hip Hop music, the creation of the genre and where today's culture would be without the influence.
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I was interviewed by Alexander Evans and AmariJohnson at Villanova about SocaMom.com and Caribbean culture in America. The episode was part of the 28 DaysSeries, now in its third season. We talked about everything from food to immigration, homeschooling to music. Check out the video to learn more about what it is like to be of Caribbean descent living in the United States.
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I was interviewed by Alexander Evans and AmariJohnson at Villanova about SocaMom.com and Caribbean culture in America. The episode was part of the 28 DaysSeries, now in its third season. We talked about everything from food to immigration, homeschooling to music. Check out the video to learn more about what it is like to be of Caribbean descent living in the United States.
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Caribbean American Heritage Month

USPTO celebrates Caribbean AmericanHeritage Month by exploring the many nations and one voice that our Caribbean American employees bring to the agency. The many nations of the Caribbean - from Haiti, to Jamaica, to Guyana and more − share their diverse racial, cultural, and religious backgrounds as well as cuisines, carnivals, festivals, music, dance, film, and literature that enrich our social landscape. This month, we proudly recognize the tremendous contributions Caribbean Americans bring to the realm of Intellectual Property and to the USPTO community.

Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

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Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Euro...

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?

Chile: A new haven for Caribbean and South American migrants?
As the US and parts of Europe close their borders to migrants and refugees, one of the world's more isolated countries has opened its doors.
Chile has become an unlikely destination for Caribbean and South American immigrants escaping poverty and political instability.
Al Jazeera'sLucia Newman reports from Chile's capital Santiago.
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Caribbean-American Heritage Month

The White House will be conducting a Caribbean Business Leaders Roundtable and panel to di...

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

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Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a qu...

Are Caribbean People Right When They Say That Americans Are Lazy?

The Boldest Man On The 'Net LanceScurv takes to the streets of Orlando Florida to ask a question that has been long circulating as a statement in the Black community between those who are of Caribbean descent and of American lineage. Are Caribbean PeopleRight When they say Americans are LAZY?
Many who have migrated to the shores of the United States of America have shared these same thoughts when striving to improve the quality of their life through hard work.
While many who were born and raised in America will never know how much of a fight it can be sometimes to even make it through the grueling immigration process to finally get here, the general feeling is that most do not understand how many opportunities are here and take for granted the things here that are so freely given away.
So when
you have a naturalized individual who arrives here to America with all of the enthusiasm to achieve a new life with absolutely no limits, you also may have an individual who appears to them to not have enough fire in their belly and is content to sit back and take the easy route for the most part. The worst of which will settle for doing nothing with their lives as they settle for what they can get from a small welfare check.
So now with the difference in mentalities diametrically opposed to one another, the friction between them will erupt on jobs, churches and many places where there is a regular contact which will place a wedge between them as the American born person will feel that this foreigner is trying to make all of the money and take all of the jobs while that so called "foreigner" will think the least of them for not taking their lives into their own hands as they complain their day away.
This for many years specifically has been an issue between those Blacks who have migrated from the various islands of the Caribbean and those who classify themselves as African American. Now, if the truth be told, if you were to survey many people who broadly fall into these two categories you will probably receive many different responses because you also have those African Americans like myself who have parents or a parent of Caribbean descent but were born here yet understand both mindsets and mentalities.
Granted, being born in the Caribbean does not mean that one possesses an overwhelming zeal to succeed because the fact of the matter is that many ambitious immigrants from the islands will tell you of the multitudes of lazy people that they left behind "back home."
When you see the first people in a family who has crossed the shores to claim America as their home, you are viewing the most ambitious of their clan because it takes so much fire in the belly to make such a drastic change and go through the culture shock that be crippling to say the least. After that first wave of enthused immigrants arrive it is then that the riff raff will follow after a way has been made initially by those who were more disciplined and responsible.
So when you see the ever growing Caribbean communities thrive shortly after the first have come, shortly afterward you will see the crime there grow to nuisance proportions because of that no good lazy drunk Uncle or that fast club hopping irresponsible Sister who got a free pass to come here because of the hard work and sweat of her sibling.
On the other hand you have hard working ambitious African Americans who would sincerely be insulted at the hint of their being classified as a lazy person. Yes, we have challenges here in the African American community when it comes to crime, unemployment, drugs, incarceration and climbing illiteracy rates, but we still have an overwhelming amount of law abiding, deceit, ambitious stellar pillars of society and fine examples of what a model citizen should be.
So I've said ALL of this to ask you one thing, how much credibility or validity does the show topic's title have?
Is there any truth to it?
Should we be asking it in the first place?
Is focusing on it really a distraction to divide us ultimately?
Or should we dialogue on these perceptions and do away with these negative stigmas right away so that they don't linger on and cause major problems down the road for a unified community that will suffer together under racism as we are all one nation in the human family?
Tune in no matter WHO you are and let us bring these perceptions to a head and deal with the raw truth!
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Caribbean American Heritage Month

June is Caribbean American Heritage Month. Check out the health obstacles faced by that co...

Caribbean American Heritage Month

West Indian Americans

West Indian Americans or Caribbean Americans are Americans who can trace their ancestry to the Caribbean. About 2,532,380 Americans— 0.83% of the total population—reported Caribbean ancestry in 2008.

The Caribbean is the source of the U.S.’ earliest and largest Black immigrant group and the primary source of growth of the Black population in the U.S. The region has exported more of its people than any other region of the world since the abolition of slavery in 1834. While the largest Caribbean immigrant sources to the U.S. are Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, U.S. citizen migrants also come from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Caribbean immigration to the United States

17th to mid-19th century

The history of African-Caribbean immigration in the United States can be traced back to slavery when the British colonies in the Americas shifted enslaved Africans to different territories, as the demands of capital and plantation economy dictated.

First Africans from the West Indies who arrived in the United States were slaves brought to South Carolina in the 17th century. These slaves, many of whom were born in Africa, number among the first people of African origin imported to the British colonies of North America. Over time, Barbadian slaves would make up a significant part of the Black population in Virginia, mainly in the Virginia tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay. The number of enslaved Africans bought from the Caribbean increased in the 18th century, as the continental U.S. broadened its trade relations with other Caribbean islands.

Indulge in traditional Caribbean food at the restaurant on Bragg Boulevard, or stick around for a game of dominoes on Fridays and Saturdays ... “We are an authentic Caribbean/Jamaican restaurant with island food that is true to our island heritage,'' he said ... Traditional Caribbean meals are the house specialties ... The Jamaican beef patty is a popular Caribbean pastry stuffed with beef filling and spices....

The dynamism and diversity of Caribbean Americans have contributed to our Nation's story in extraordinary ways. Millions of people in the United States are connected to our Caribbean neighbors through ties of commerce and family -- a relationship reinforced by the values and history we hold in common. During National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, we celebrate the contributions of our Caribbean-American brothers and sisters, and we reflect on how they have bolstered our country and enriched our traditions. video by Jose Rivera 6:14:17

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Islam and the Caribbean American Muslim Pt 1 of 2

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the ...

Islam and the Caribbean American Muslim Pt 1 of 2

It was early in the 18th century that Islam was first introduced in the Caribbean and the South America by African Slaves. On the abolition of Slavery, the British, Dutch and French overlords, brought indentured immigrant laborers from India, and Indonesia, Morocco, and Algeria respectively, to replace the freed African slaves on their various plantations in the West Indies and Guyana.
The first batch of Muslims from Africa belonged to the Mandingo and Fulani tribes of West Africa. They were very devout Muslims and in spite of the harsh and inhuman conditions under which they were forced to work, they practiced their religion as best as they could under the circumstances.
It was a great tragedy, however, that in spite of their best efforts, these poor African Muslim slaves could not pass on their religion to their children. Their children were brutally taken away from their parents and given over to the custody of others who baptised them in their faith. The inhuman disintegration of the family structure of the Muslim slaves was the best weapon of the European masters in ensuring that the offspring of their slaves would be robbed of their Islamic heritage.
On May 5th 1838, the first boats with indentured East Indians on board -- SS Hesperus and SS Whitby -- arrived in Guyana. The Fatel Razak arrived in Trinidad on May 30th 1845 with the second batch of Muslims in the Caribbean. They were the indentured laborers from India, Indonesia, and French North Africa, to replace the slaves on the plantations. Their conditions were very similar to that of the enslaved Africans, and they only enjoyed a limited amount of liberty. The British and European overlords had made it a policy that only illiterate labor should have been sent to those parts, but in their greedy haste to bring quick replacements for the freed slaves, they unwittingly sent some literate and intelligent people among the illiterate laborers.
As can be well imagined, the indentured immigrants in each territory suffered many hardships and deprivations, but whether they had come from India, Indonesia, Morocco, or Algeria, they possessed one great asset in common, that is their complete faith in the truth of Islam, as the true religion extended by God for mankind, and as believers that "There is no other deity except Almighty God (Allah)," and in the divine messenger-ship of the HolyProphet Muhammad (U.W.B.P.), they had a religion worthy to live by and to die for.

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2015 Caribbean American Heritage Awards

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Caribbean American Helping the Caribbean

Many US-Based Organizations have devoted their energy to passionately advocating for the improvement of hungry, needy and politically under-represented members of our global family. Find out how you can contribute to the future of the Caribbean Chrildrenpolyclinics in need through donations of money and time.
We urge all of our Caribbean people residing in the USA, to give back to their families, love-one, and communities. Which ever Caribbean Island we emigrated from, needs our help bettering their medical and health care needs.

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The Impact of Caribbean Culture on America

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Islam and the Caribbean American Muslim Pt 2 of 2

In the Caribbean, Muslims continue to experience life as minorities. Christian missionaries continue to try to convert Muslims—though there is also increasing evidence that Muslims are trying to convert Christians. In 2002, reports in local newspapers asserted that of the few conversions that take place, most are from Christianity to Islam.
The history of Muslims in Mexico is difficult to trace. Spanish conquistadors from both Cuba and Spain came to pillage Mexico’s resources in the early 1500s. The indigenous population was subdued and forcibly converted to Catholicism during this time. Many in the native population died as a result of the importation of European diseases and from starvation, as Europeans devastated the farming land and depleted water resources. Mexicans themselves regained control only in the 1900s.
Historians are divided over when Islam came to Mexico and who brought it. Some claim it was introduced by Syrian immigrants, whereas others point to Turkish immigrants. One recent (2002) study estimated that 10 percent of the Syrian-Lebanese immigrant community were Muslim. Today this community is one of the richest and contains more than 250,000 people. The history of Islam in Mexico is largely undocumented, with the exception of a sixteenthcentury book called Un Herehe y un Musulman. Written by Pascual Almazan, this recounts the exploits of Yusuf bin Alabaz, who came to Mexico after expulsion during the Reconquista in Spain. Today, Islam is a recognized entity following the establishment of the Muslim Center de Mexico in 1994 in MexicoCity. There are also centers in Monterrey, Torrion, Guadalajara, and San Cristobal de las Casa.
Islam in Cuba has not been documented before the twentieth century. At the start of the twenty-first century, Muslims in Cuba continue to pray at home because there is no mosque where they can freely congregate. There is an ArabHouse built by a wealthy Arab in the 1940s, which houses an Arabic museum, a restaurant, and a prayer space for diplomats. Monies are currently being solicited for the building of a mosque. In the late twentieth century, a representative of the Muslim World League making his own solicitations on behalf of Cuban Muslims referred to the example of a small town, Pilaya de Rosacio, which has a Muslim population of 40 percent.

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Haitians - Jamaicans - West Indians - the entire Caribbean- All of the Americas

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Haitians - Jamaicans - West Indians - the entire Caribbean- All of the Americas

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An Empire Divided: Revolution and the British Caribbean

There were 26, not 13 colonies in British America at the time of the American Revolution. Many of these colonies were in the Caribbean and did not rebel. Why? Great Britain relied heavily on this region for its sugar imports, which generated great wealth for a few Caribbean planters. Unlike the North American colonists, these planters wanted the presence of Royal soldiers among them. They feared rebellion from their enslaved people, who greatly outnumbered them, and relied on the troops for protection. This economically valuable region influenced the outcome of the Revolutionary War as the British shifted naval vessels and troops to the Caribbean to defend these sugar-producing islands against possible attack by the French naval fleet.

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